Touchstone Books
December, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4165-6380-8
Hardcover, 357 pp., $25.99
Now at loose ends, Ali Reynolds is enticed to take on a job with the Yavapai Sheriff’s office as a media relations consultant after the man filling that job is placed on administrative leave following a scandal. No sooner does she embark on the temporary assignment than her crime-solving skills are put to the test, although that was not supposed to be her function.
A woman is found with burns over more than half her body at the site of two burning buildings. Unidentified and unable to talk, she is flown to the burn unit of a hospital in Phoenix. The hospital is inundated with reporters and Ali is sent there to remove them from the crowded lobby, and then remains to see what she can learn about the victim. She is befriended by a nun caring for the woman, leading her to becoming further involved in the investigation, which is being headed by Federal officials, since there is a suspected terrorism link.
All kinds of twists and complications ensue, as the plot unfolds. Murder and theft threaten the lives of the principals in this story. The fast-paced tale once again features Ali Reynolds applying her strong sense of justice, solving more than just a murder case, but the moral problems extant in the Sheriff’s office.
Recommended.
